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Mea culpa : lessons on law and regret from U.S. history
- Title
- Mea culpa : lessons on law and regret from U.S. history / Steven W. Bender.
- Author
- Bender, Steven
- Publication
- New York ; London : New York University Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 241 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Human rights > United States > History
- Regret > Political aspects > History. > United States
- Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > History. > United States
- Discrimination > Law and legislation > History. > United States
- Marginality, Social > Political aspects > History. > United States
- United States > Social policy > Moral and ethical aspects
- United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > Moral and ethical aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Regret: frameworks for prediction -- What dehumanization predicts: the landscapes of future regret -- Aliens, illegals, wetbacks, and anchor babies: the dehumanization of immigrant -- Workers and their families -- Beasts of burden: farmworkers in the U.S. field of dreams -- The wages of poverty: inequality, welfare queens, and the homeless -- Sexuality and dehumanization: homophobia in U.S. law and life -- Dehumanizing criminals: the monsters of death row -- Flying while Muslim: "ragheads" and human rights -- From slavery to the new Jim Crow of mass incarceration: the ongoing -- Dehumanization of African Americans -- You've come a long way, baby! Gender and dehumanization -- International dehumanization -- Conclusion: a blueprint for humanization through compassion.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-1096
- ISBN
- 9781479899623 (hardcover)
- 1479899623 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2014028738
- OCLC
- 884293436
- Author
- Bender, Steven, author.
- Title
- Mea culpa : lessons on law and regret from U.S. history / Steven W. Bender.
- Publisher
- New York ; London : New York University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-1096